Table 4.

Odds ratio (OR) and 95% CIs for rates of recidivism based on various prognostic indicators

Characteristics	Odds ratio	95% CI	p value
Gender: male	0.83	0.41–1.68	0.606
Age: < 15 years	2.28	1.08–4.08	0.027
Side of surgery: right	1.25	0.62–2.53	0.533
Cholesteatoma: congenital	6.40	1.37–29.88	0.007
Original surgery: revision	1.16	0.48–2.82	0.737
Comorbidities: syndromic	1.62	0.34–7.71	0.542
Surgical approach: CWU	1.22	0.49–3.03	0.672
Contralateral disease: Yes	1.53	0.42–5.54	0.515
Previous operations: ≥ 2	0.38	0.04–3.42	0.371